Combining text and readings in a single book, this volume (a joint venture by the authors and the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) of the American Sociological Association) includes a comprehensive theory section and a wide variety of applications of the theory to the experiences of different groups.

The Minority Report: An Introduction to Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Relations

Politics & Social Sciences

Dworkin, Rosalind J.

Dworkin, Anthony Gary

Social Sciences

Cengage Learning'

Researching Persons with Mental Illness (Applied Social Research Methods)

Can the mentally ill be interviewed? What kind of reliability can be expected in their responses? What about the ethics of informed consent? Although standard social science methodologies have been used successfully to study mental health, researching issues with mentally ill individuals introduces unique theoretical and methodological issues. Focusing on the study of mentally ill adults at the individual level of analysis, this book explores such topics as: how theories of human behaviour that have been developed for a general population may have limited applicability to the population under study; how symptoms are defined and measured; ways to plan and implement research; uses of alternative data sources such as clinical

Sage Publications, Inc.

Can the mentally ill be interviewed? What kind of reliability can be expected in their responses? What about the ethics of informed consent? Although standard social science methodologies have been used successfully to study mental health, researching issues with mentally ill individuals introduces unique theoretical and methodological issues. This pathbreaking volume alerts researchers to ways of dealing with the special problems of research in this field. Focusing on the study of mentally ill adults at the individual level of analysis, the book explores such topics as: how theories of human behaviour that have been developed for a general population may have limited applicability to the population under study; how symptoms are defined and measured; ways to plan and implement research; uses of alternative data sources such as clinical charts; and the issues of research in multi-disciplinary settings.

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